Making It Real: Girls' Stories, Social Change, and Moral Struggle

Describes a year-long project created and undertaken by a group of 14 eighth-grade girls to conduct interdisciplinary research on teenage sexuality and pregnancy. The project involved reading and discussing fiction and nonfiction, conducting interviews with teenage mothers, writing and publishing a...

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Published in:English journal 1999-05, Vol.88 (5), p.28-37
Main Authors: Schaafsma, David, Tendero, Antonio, Tendero, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Cisneros, Sandra
Communities
Elementary Education
English Instruction
Females
Grade 6
Interdisciplinary Approach
Junior High Schools
Language Arts
Literacy
Literature Appreciation
Mentoring
Moral Issues
Moral Values
Morality
Narrative poetry
Poetry
Pregnant Students
Reading Tests
Sexuality
Social Change
Standardized Tests
Student Motivation
Student Projects
Student Writing Models
Teacher Student Relationship
Teaching
Teaching English in the City
Teen pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers
Writing
Writing instruction
Writing workshops
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Summary:Describes a year-long project created and undertaken by a group of 14 eighth-grade girls to conduct interdisciplinary research on teenage sexuality and pregnancy. The project involved reading and discussing fiction and nonfiction, conducting interviews with teenage mothers, writing and publishing a booklet, and mentoring a group of fifth- and sixth-grade girls. (SR)
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895
DOI:10.2307/821774